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behgre

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So here is my specs right now,
FM2A88X extreme4+
AMD A10-7850K Radeon 7
GTX 660 2GB
12 GB Ram

Ive never upgraded my pc before and was wondering what i should upgrade. I know nothing about processors and having a hard time figuring if i need to ugrade mine and what would be the best choice for my motherboard. I know i want a better graphics card but if i do upgrade that what else if at all should i upgrade too.. thanks in advance for any help.
 
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ZaneDragon
Maybe GTX 1050ti. But yeah, your CPU will just hold you back. So it's not smart buying a weaker GPU just because your CPU can't handle it...thats not how thing are done.
I say you stay put and then make a big upgrade.
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To be honest you'd be better off upgrading your whole system as there's not a lot of point putting money into an FM2+ AMD platform right now. If you wanted to keep the same DDR3 RAM you could upgrade to a 4th gen Intel platform, or if not either wait to see what Ryzen offer or get a 6th/7th gen Intel board and CPU.

If you upgraded just your CPU then it could handle a slightly better GPU if you wanted to go that way for short term gains and less cost, but you already have pretty much the best CPU your board supports.
 
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ZaneDragon

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What is your budget? I can help you pick parts if you want.
For the GPU you can take GTX 1060 6gb:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125901&cm_re=gtx_1060_6gb-_-14-125-901-_-Product
For the CPU I would recommend that you wait a while because a new CPU is coming out soon (AMD Ryzen). But if you really want to upgrade now then you'll need a new motherboard and new RAM as well.
Also for storage the best combo is: HDD (1TB) + SSD (250GB).

 
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behgre

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First off... im amazed at how fast i got responses, thankyou. So if i decided to go with a gtx 1060 6gb card and wait on any other upgrades, would i be held back alot by my processor i have or would it hold up good?
 
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behgre

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So what would be the best graphics card i could get without being bottlenecked by my cpu... should i just sit tight and wait till i can upgrade my motherboard, cpu and graphics card all together?
 
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Maybe GTX 1050ti. But yeah, your CPU will just hold you back. So it's not smart buying a weaker GPU just because your CPU can't handle it...thats not how thing are done.
I say you stay put and then make a big upgrade.
 
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